Breaking: Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Dead After Utah Shooting

Charlie Kirk Founder Turning Point USA Fatally Shot

By Javar Juarez | CUBNSC | BREAKING NEWS | September 10, 2025

Utah Valley University was thrust into chaos after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a campus event today. The 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA—long celebrated in Republican circles as a rising star of the MAGA movement—died hours after being transported to a nearby hospital, according to NBC News reports.

Former President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk’s death in a post on Truth Social: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead… He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me.” Trump’s eulogy was consistent with years of praise heaped on Kirk from the former president and his allies, including Donald Trump Jr. and Vice President JD Vance, who frequently relied on Kirk’s youth-oriented conservative network to galvanize crowds.

Shooting and Security Questions

The attack unfolded inside UVU’s Losee Center amphitheater. Witnesses described minimal security precautions: no bag checks, no metal detectors, and, according to attendee Tyler McGettigan, “literally, anyone could walk in if they wanted.”. Kirk was shot from roughly 200 feet away by an elderly man who was quickly taken into custody.

University officials immediately locked down the campus and canceled classes, while Turning Point USA issued a statement confirming Kirk had been shot before his death was announced.

A Polarizing Figure

While Republican lawmakers offered prayers and condolences, critics stressed that Kirk’s death does not erase his long record of stoking racial division and normalizing extremist rhetoric.

On George Floyd: In 2021, just miles from where Floyd was murdered, Kirk called him a “scumbag” and dismissed the nationwide movement for racial justice. Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong warned at the time that Kirk was “taking discontent and combining it with racial animus, a dangerous recipe in a country still in racial turmoil.”

On Gun Violence: Following the 2023 Nashville school shooting, Kirk declared that annual gun deaths were an “unfortunate” but “worth it” price to preserve Second Amendment rights. “That is a prudent deal,” he told a Turning Point USA Faith audience. Public health data shows firearms have surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children and teens.

On January 6th: Kirk’s Turning Point USA helped mobilize buses of Trump supporters to Washington, D.C., for the “March to Save America,” the rally that preceded the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol. He later deleted his boast about sending “patriots” to the protest.

The Legacy He Leaves

Kirk rose from a Chicago suburb to become one of the most prominent conservative youth organizers in the nation. Under his leadership, Turning Point USA grew into a $28-million nonprofit that spread anti-diversity propaganda on college campuses and launched programs targeting teachers it accused of liberal bias.

But his legacy is inseparable from his rhetoric: vilifying Black victims of police violence, undermining election integrity, mocking Olympic athletes, and pushing policies that hardened divides across America’s campuses.

As the investigation into his killing continues, the question is not only how Kirk died—but how his brand of politics will live on in the movement he helped shape. For millions who endured the consequences of his words, the story of Charlie Kirk is not one of martyrdom, but of a man who weaponized youth activism to promote intolerance and normalize hate.